Bed-lounge



(No Model.)

J. D. WESTGATB.

BED LOUNGE.

NO. 252,283. Patented Jan. 10,1882. Y

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NITED STATES PATENT Grete" BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,283, dated January 10, 1882.

Application filed November 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all 'whom zt may concern Beit known that I, JOSEPH D. WEs'reAfrE, of Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough ,and State of New Hampshire, have invented guided in the main lounge-frame, the said bars supporting the auxiliary frameaud permitting it to be drawn out in front of thelounge when itis desired to convert the lounge into a bed, the said auxiliary frame at such time being reversed or turned over on its trunnions, bringing What was its under side up into a higher level inline with the topof the main part of the lounge, when suitable folding legs carried by .the auxiliary frame, the said legs having proper fastening devices, will be turned down and lest upon the door. The main head-piece of the lounge has tted under it an auxiliary head-piece, which is pivoted upon a curved arm or lever so shaped that when the auxiliary head is turned or swung out from under it, it will be placed end to end with the main head-piece. The front board of the lounge is held at each end by pivoted links, thus adapting it to be thrown down when it is desired to withdraw the auxiliary frame from under the main frame.

Figure l represents in front elevation the frame cfa lounge embodying my invention, the front board being elevated with the auxiliary frame nclosed within the mainframe. Fig. 2 shows a like view ot' the lounge, but with the front board lowered and the auxiliary frame drawn out, reversed,and supported by its legs. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection of Fig.v1, in the dotted line :v Fig. 4, a similar section of Fig. 2, in theline w m; and Fig. 5 is a detail to be referred to, showing the main headpiece and the auxiliary headpiece and itscarrying-arm. .t

The lounge is not shown as upholstered, but it may be in any usual way.

The frame a of the lounge-back a2, head a3,

r and legs a4 are substantially as usual.

The end pieces, b, of the main frame ot' the lounge have attached to or made in them suitable guideways, b2, either by the addition ot' metal strips m m or otherwise, (see Fig. 4,) to

receive the slide-bars b3, ot' suitable size and strength, the said slide-bars having at their outer ends suitable notches or bearings to receive'the projecting journals c of the metal plates c', which are secured externally to the end pieces ofthe auxiliary frame and project therefrom in the direction of the length of the said auxiliary frame, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

` The journals c are located nearest the under side of the auxiliary frame d, when the latter is in position in the main frame a, as in Fig. 3. so that l-when the auxiliary frame is dra-wn out and inverted, its journals turning in their bearings, the under side oftheframe will be brought into a plane higher than that occupied by the upper side ofthe frame in the position Fig. 3, thus elevating the under side of the frame d in avery simple manner upto thelevel of the top of the main frame.

lhe auxiliary frame has two ofits corner legs, d,.pivoted upon pins d2. These legs are thus adapted to fold Within the frame, as in Fig. 3, or be turned out, as in Fig. 4. These legs have suitable fastening devices to hold them in their desired positions, such fastening devices being shown as a pin, d3, extended through the upper end of the leg and pressed upon by a spring, 2, the pin d3 being permitted to move longitudinally through the leg and engage the side bars to hold the leg in either of its positions.

\ The front board, e, of the main traine of the lounge is connected by pivots at each end with links e', in turn pivoted at e2 upon a rigid part ot the main frame, so that the said front board may be raised and loweredand be held elevated, as in Figs. 1 and 3, or lowered, as in Figs. 2 and 4, it occupying the latter position when the auxiliary frame d is to be withdrawn. Assuming that the front board has been lowered, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the auxiliary frame (see Fig. 3) may then be drawn out, as in Figs. 2 and 4, the slide-ba-rs b3 moving in the guideways and supporting the trunnions c during such operation. As soon as the auxiliary frame has been completely Withdrawn it is reversed on its journals, bringing what was its 2 l eaepese nndcr side in Fig. 3 uppermost in Fig. 4, thus placing the said auxiliary frame at a higher level than that occupied by it when shoved into the main frame, as in Fig. 3. The auxiliary frame having been reversed, the legs d are moved from their horizontal position, Fig. 3, to occupy their vertical position, Fig. 4, and supportthe outer corners ofthe auxiliary frame. Placing the journals op nearest thelower or under side of the'auxiliary frame (assuming it shut into the main frame, as in Fig. 3) enables the auxiliary frame, when reversed, as in Fig. 4, to be brought up into a higher level, and it is in this' peculiarity that niy invention chieily consists. Vhen reversed, as in Fig. 4, the auxiliary frame may be held in position or locked .or clamped irmly to the main frame by any suitable clamping or locking devices.

Underneath the niain head-piece a3, which in Fig. l is partially shown in section, I have arranged an auxiliary head-piece,f, and have pivoted the same near one end upon a curved arni,f2, shaped as shown in Fig. 5, with its end pivoted upon the main frame at 4. When tlieauxiliary frame is drawn out, asin Fig. 4, this auxiliary head will be drawn back from Linder the main head, and lthe arm f2 will be turned about horizontally, bringing the auxiliary head inlinewith the main headjust above the end of the auxiliary frame, thus forming a head-piece for it, the said head-piece being in continuation of the main head-piece. This arm f2, it will be noticed, is so shaped or bent as to extend about the side supports of the main head-piece.

I claiml. In a bed-lounge, the main frame and the auxiliary frame, having journals c mounted upon slide-bars, as described, the auxiliary frame being adapted to be inverted, substantially as set forth, to bring it into ahigher plane to coincide with the position occupied by .the

main frame.

2. The main' framing and its slide-bars b3, combined with the auxiliary sliding and reversible frame d, and with pivoted legs d', to operate substantially as described.

3. The main framing a., combined with the front board and its supporting-links c', to oper.

ate substantially as described.

4. The main framing and main head-piece, combined with the auxiliary head-piece and its carrying-army, shaped to permit the auxiliary head-piece to be placed under the main headpiece, or end to end with it as a continuation thereof, substantially as described.

5. The main frame-work and its head-piece and sliding bars b3, combined with the sliding reversible auxiliary frame d, having trunnions snpportedin bearings in the said slidebars, and with the auxiliary head-piece and its pivoted carrying-mmf?, to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whercofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH D. WESTGATE.

Witnesses:

' G. W. GREGORY,

S. B. Khanna. 

